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Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Hendrik Lorentz and George Francis FitzGerald.

Meanings

  1. The decrease in length of a moving object in the direction of motion, measurable only at relativistic speeds.

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Relateds

special relativity

Synonyms

length contraction

Translations (5)

fi pituuskontraktio (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction) · da længdeforkortelse (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction) · de Lorentzkontraktion (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction) · de Längenverkürzung (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction) · de Längenkontraktion (Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction)